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GROUNDWOOD BOOKS FALL 2012 House of Anansi Home of Groundwood Books and Libros Tigrillo 110 Spadina Avenue, Suite 801 Toronto, ON M5V 2K4 WWW.HOUSEOFANANSI.COM GW_F12_outside_cover2.indd 1-2 12-04-12 10:53 AM groundwood awards groundwood awards & reviews Society of School Librarians ALA Notable Children’s Books What Are You A Few Blocks International (SSLI) 2011 2012 Doing? Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young Honor Book Award Written by Elisa Amado Sita’s Ramayana Illustrated by Manuel Monroy alcuin society award Gangs: A Groundwork Guide Written by Samhita Arni the latinidad list: Written by Richard Swift Illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar best latino books of 2011 Mother Number Zero No Ordinary Day Written by Deborah Ellis Written by Marjolijn Hof Money Boy Migrant Translated by Johanna W. Prins and Johanna H. Prins Migrant Written by Paul Yee Written by Maxine Trottier Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault Written by Maxine Trottier stonewall honor Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault book great lakes great Cooperative Children’s Book books award Center Choices 2012 Queen of Hearts Written by Martha Brooks I’ll Be Watching Written by Pamela Porter Sita’s Ramayana The Composition 2012 USBBY Outstanding Written by Samhita Arni Written by Antonio Skármeta Grandpa’s Girls Illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano Written by Nicola I. Campbell International Books tla 2012 maverick Translated by Elisa Amado Illustrated by Kim LaFave graphic novel list scholastic parent & Loon new york times best child magazine 100 Let’s Go See Papá! Written by Susan Vande Griek seller greatest books for kids Written by Lawrence Schimel Illustrated by Karen Reczuch Illustrated by Alba Marina Rivera Translated by Elisa Amado Sita’s Ramayana Written by Samhita Arni Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Out of the Way! No Ordinary Day Illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar Detectives Out of the Way! Written by Deborah Ellis Extraordinaire! Written by Uma Krishnaswami Migrant Written by Polly Horvath Illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy Written by Maxine Trottier ★ horn book starred ★ kirkus starred review Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault review Kirkus Best Books of 2011 ★ publishers weekly When Apples Grew Noses and starred review A Few Blocks White Horses Flew: Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young Tales of Ti-Jean Tilt Written by Jan Andrews Illustrated by Dušan Petričić Jimmy the Greatest! Written by Alan Cumyn Written by Jairo Buitrago High Riders, Saints and Death Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng Queen of Hearts Cars: A Life Saved by Art Translated by Elisa Amado ★ kirkus starred review Written by Martha Brooks Written by Nicholas Herrera as told to Elisa Amado Photos by John T. Denne ★ publishers weekly starred review We acknowledge for their ﬁ nancial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF). GW_F12_insidecover.indd 1-2 12-04-12 12:26 PM Stephen and the Beetle August 1, 2012 By Jorge Luján Illustrated by Chiara Carrer Translated by Elisa Amado A small boy’s encounter with a beetle could have drastic consequences in this simple, strongly moral story, with strikingly original art from one of Italy’s finest children’s book illustrators. When Stephen spots a beetle he takes off his shoe and raises his arm, ready to strike... but then he has second thoughts. He lays his head down on the ground and the beetle walks right up to him. At the last moment the beetle turns aside and each can go on with the day, having avoided the worst. In this very simple story Jorge Luján presents the kind of deep moral question that can occur in even the smallest child’s day. Chiara Carrer’s very original • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / etched and painted illustrations perfectly complement the story, and are in Values & Virtues and of themselves beautiful works of art. • 978-1-55498-192-2 • $18.95 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS • Hardback with printed dust jacket Jorge Luján is a prolific and highly respected author and poet. He has worked • Ages 2 - 5 with many of the world’s greatest illustrators to create an outstanding body of work. His books include Rooster / Gallo, Tarde de invierno / Winter Afternoon, • 36 pages, full color Beyond My Hand, Daybreak, Nightfall, Sky Blue Accident / Accidente • 7.875" x 11.25" celeste, Con el sol en los ojos / With the Sun in My Eyes and Colors! / Colores! He has won many awards, including the Premio de Poesia para • For sale with exclusive rights in: CA, US Ninos de ALIJA (IBBY, Argentina). He is also a musician and architect. Jorge Other Formats lives in Mexico City. EPUB $16.95 Chiara Carrer is one of Italy’s best-known children’s book illustrators. She has 978-1-55498-315-5 been creating children’s books for more than twenty years, with more than one hundred titles to her credit. Chiara has won many major awards, including ALSO AVAILABLE the UNICEF Prize, the Austrian Kinder und Jugendbuch-Illustrationspreis, the Doggy Slippers BolognaRagazzi New Horizons Award (Special Mention) and the Golden Jorge Luján Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. She also teaches art and has Isol exhibited her work in Europe, Japan and Brazil. She lives in Rome. $18.95 1 Snow Children August 1, 2012 Written and illustrated by Masako Yamashita A gentle, sweetly illustrated story about two snow children who discover the importance of global warming and decide to do something about it. Yuta and Yuna are snow children. They are attending an ice festival in their hometown when they hear about a meeting on global warming. Yuna doesn’t want to go, but Yuta persuades her. On their way they meet a family of rabbits who have almost been buried by an avalanche, hungry polar bears who • JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural can no longer hunt on the frozen ocean, and a herd of caribou who can’t find World / Weather the grasses they like to eat. • 978-1-55498-144-1 • $17.95 Snow people from all around the world have gathered for the meeting, and • Hardback with printed dust jacket although Yuta and Yuna feel shy, they tell the group about the animals they • Ages 4 - 7 have encountered. "Colder is better," some people say. "Maybe, but what can we do about the heat?" say others. • 32 pages, full color • 8.0625" x 8.25 But when shimmering snowflakes begin to fall, all the snow people are filled with joy. They recognize that they have a beautiful world and that it is up to • For sale with exclusive rights in: CA, US them to save it. Other Formats This is a picture book that works well as a story and as a vehicle to address the crucial issue of global warming with very young children. It includes facts EPUB $15.95 978-1-55498-316-2 on the effects of climate change as well as a list of things that even the youngest readers can do to help the situation. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR ALSO AVAILABLE Masako Yamashita has had a lifelong passion for painting and drawing, and The Red Rock she studied traditional Japanese painting in Kyoto. Her illustrations have won Tomio Nitto a number of awards and prizes at picture book competitions in Japan. This is $16.95 CAD/$15.95 US her first picture book. She and her husband, a former diplomat, have lived in the United States, Indonesia, Belgium, Taiwan, Germany, Bangladesh, Sweden and Canada. They now live in Tokyo. 3 Stella! October 1, 2012 A Treasury Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Here at last are all five of Marie-Louise Gay’s beloved Stella picture books bound into one glorious volume. Marie-Louise Gay published Stella, Star of the Sea more than ten years ago. It was an immediate hit, and since then she has written and illustrated four • JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings more books featuring the engaging red-headed heroine, Stella, and her little • 978-1-55498-292-9 brother, Sam — Stella, Queen of the Snow; Stella, Fairy of the Forest; Stella, • $24.95 Princess of the Sky and, most recently, When Stella Was Very, Very Small. • Hardback with printed dust jacket With gentle humor, freshness, a sense of whimsy and exquisite watercolors, - • Ages 2 - 5 Marie-Louise Gay gives us stories about two young siblings discovering their world. • 176 pages, full color Stella, Star of the Sea: Stella and Sam are spending the day at the sea. • 9" x 9" Stella has been to the sea before and knows all its secrets, but Sam has many questions and Stella has an answer for them all. The only thing she • For sale with exclusive rights in: CA, US isn’t sure of, and neither are we, is whether Sam will ever come into the water. ALSO AVAILABLE Stella, Queen of the Snow: Winter was never so magical as in this marvelous book about Stella and Sam discovering a familiar landscape Caramba and Henry transformed by a heavy snowfall. Stella delights in showing Sam the many ’ Marie-Louise Gay pleasures of a beautiful winter s day, from skating and sledding to making $17.95 snow angels in a fluffy, white magical world. Stella, Fairy of the Forest: Little brother Sam wonders whether fairies are invisible. Stella assures him that she has seen hundreds of them and says that if she and Sam venture across the meadow and into the forest, they are likely to find some. But Sam surprises Stella and himself by having a few ideas of his own. Stella, Princess of the Sky: Stella and Sam explore the wonders of the natural world.

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